Sordid (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"; "shoddy business practices".
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Meaning 2
Morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal".
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Meaning 3
Foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns".
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Meaning 4
Meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests".
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